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• 7 January 2020
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the auxiliary Bishop of Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2020, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Michael Andrew Gielen of the clergy of Hamilton, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Auckland (New Zealand), currently Director for the form ...
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  3 January 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Assembly of Bishops: renewal of CELAM and Mesoamerican ecological ecclesial network Panama city (Agenzia Fides) - The Panamanian Bishops will meet for their ordinary plenary assembly number 2011, which will take place from Monday 6 to Friday 10 January 2020. The Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) inf ...
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  3 January 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Year of fraternity in the Archdiocese of Popayan: personal, social and ecological conversion Popayán (Agenzia Fides) - "The year of fraternity is an opportunity to heal wounds, grow in mutual trust, celebrate unity, starting at home, fraternize in neighborhoods and on the streets. It is a year to promote the cu ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Bishop of Buéa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Buéa, Cameroon, presented by Bishop Immanuel Bushu. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 3/1/2020) ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bamenda and appointment of new Metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 December 2019 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda, (Cameroon), presented by Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua. Th ...
• 3 January 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Aba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 December 2019 the Holy Father appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Aba, Nigeria, the Reverend Augustine Ndubueze Echema, of the clergy of Owerri, currently lecturer in liturgy in the ...
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  3 January 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Year of Youth begins, in the footsteps of saints Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We need models and examples for our lives. Let us look at the life stories and mission of saints during the Year of Youth. Saints are our 'superheroes' and will help us to become stronger", sai ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Visit of Cardinal Ambongo among the populations of the east, victims of massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least twenty dead is the toll of the massacres carried out in the Territory of Beni, in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the end of December, during the vi ...
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  3 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Country needs political apostles of peace and reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Ivorian politicians must be men and women sincerely in love with peace. Our Country really needs politicians who are apostles of peace and reconciliation". This is what Ivorian theologian Fr. ...
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  3 January 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian patriarch: minorities are experiencing their most comfortable era under Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "All minorities in Turkey agree on the fact that: we are experiencing the most comfortable era during the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) administration". This is how Sahak II Masalyan ...
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  2 January 2020
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - First Christmas for Missionary Childhood children Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, Romanian missionary children prepared and celebrated the Lord's Christmas together: on May 18, in fact, a first group of Romanian children had joined the Pontifical Society ...
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  2 January 2020
  VATICAN - The Star Singers of seven European countries at the Pope's Mass on the first day of the year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 January, the solemnity of Mary Most Holy Mother of God, as has been the case for 16 years now, a delegation of the "Star Singers" of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood atte ...
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  2 January 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The missionary effect of the Pope's visit continues to remain alive in the country Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The visit of Pope Francis last November 2019 had an incredible missionary effect (see Fides, 25/11/2019). It allowed the Thais to get to know the educational, charitable and spiritual depth ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Mass for peace: Cardinal Kutwa asks the Head of State for pardon for some opponents Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on January 1st the World Day of Peace is celebrated, which aims to defend peace from the dangers that constantly threaten it. Pope Francis, for this 53rd edition, in his message entit ...
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  2 January 2020
  AFRICA/CHAD - The Extraordinary Missionary Month has positively marked the Church in Chad N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "The celebrations of the Extraordinary Missionary Month (October 2019) were lived with joy and had historical importance" says a report from the Pontifical Mission Societies of Chad, sent to ...